Charles Powers
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The Right Honourable Sir Charles Powers KCMG |
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Powers as Minister for Education in Queensland, c. 1889
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| Justice of the High Court of Australia | |
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In office 5 March 1913 – 22 July 1929 |
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| Nominated by | Andrew Fisher |
| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | H. V. Evatt |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Burrum |
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In office 12 May 1888 – 29 April 1893 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas Tooth |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Maryborough |
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In office 29 April 1893 – 21 March 1896 Serving with John Annear |
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| Preceded by | Richard Hyne |
| Succeeded by | John Bartholomew |
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Charles Powers 3 March 1853 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Died | 24 April 1939 (aged 86) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Resting place | Burwood Cemetery |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Opposition |
| Spouse(s) | Kate Ann Thorburn (m.1878 d.1942) |
| Occupation | High Court judge |
| Religion | Church of England |
Sir Charles Powers KCMG (3 March 1853 – 24 April 1939), Australian politician and judge, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1913 to 1929.
Powers was born in 1853 in Brisbane, Queensland. He was educated at Ipswich Grammar School and Brisbane Grammar School captaining the Schools First XI. He was a talented sportsman, and at one point captained a state cricket team against a touring English side. After completing his articles of clerkship, Powers was admitted to practise law as a solicitor in 1876, after which he moved to Bundaberg to practise. In 1878, he married Kate Ann Thorburn, whose father was a solicitor from Victoria. Powers continued to work in Bundaberg until 1882.
In 1883 Powers became the mayor of Maryborough.
In June 1888, Powers was elected to the Parliament of Queensland as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Burrum. On 19 November 1889, Powers became Postmaster-General and Minister for Education in the ministry of Premier Boyd Dunlop Morehead, and he held these positions until resigning with his colleagues in August 1890. In 1891 he was a member of a Royal Commission which was established to investigate the possibility of establishing a university in Queensland.
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